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Now, on Land and Sea Descending

Author: Samuel Longfellow Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.6.8.7 Appears in 128 hymnals Topics: Darkness and Light Lyrics: 1 Now, on land and sea descending, brings the night its peace profound. Let our vesper hymn be blending with the holy calm around. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Let our vesper hymn be blending with the holy calm around. 2 Soon as dies the sunset glory, stars of heav’n shine out above, telling still the ancient story their Creator’s endless love. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Telling still the ancient story their Creator’s changeless love. 3 Now, our wants and burdens leaving to our God who cares for all, cease we fearing, cease we grieving; touched by God our burdens fall. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Cease we fearing, cease we grieving; touched by God our burdens fall. 4 As the darkness deepens o’er us, lo! Eternal stars arise. Hope and faith and love rise glorious, shining in the Spirit’s skies. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Hope and faith and love rise glorious, shining in the Spirit’s skies. Scripture: Psalm 19:1-6 Used With Tune: VESPER HYMN Text Sources: Vespers, 1859

Oh, How Shall I Receive Thee

Author: Paul Gerhardt; Arthur T. Russell Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: Darkness and Light Lyrics: 1 Oh, how shall I receive thee, how meet thee on thy way, bless’d hope of ev’ry nation, my soul’s delight and stay? O Jesus, Jesus, give me now by thine own pure light to know whate’er is pleasing and welcome in thy sight. 2 Love caused thine incarnation; Love brought thee here to me. Thy thirst for my salvation procured my liberty. Oh, love beyond all telling, that led thee to embrace, in love, all love excelling, our troubled human race. 3 Thou comest, Christ, with gladness, in mercy and goodwill, to bring an end to sadness and bid our fears be still. We welcome thee, our Savior; come gather us to thee, that in thy light eternal our joyous home may be. Scripture: Luke 1:68-79 Used With Tune: ST. THEODULPH (VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN) Text Sources: “Wie soll ich dich empfangen,” Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1653; trans. Arthur T. Russell (England), Psalms and Hymns, 1851, alt.

Our salvation near

Author: A. M. Toplady Appears in 358 hymnals Topics: Darkness Spiritual First Line: Your harps, ye trembling saints Lyrics: 1 Your harps, ye trembling saints, Down from the willows take: Loud to the praise of love divine Bid every string awake. 2 Though in a foreign land, We are not far from home; And nearer to our house above We every moment come. 3 His grace will to the end Stronger and brighter shine; Nor present things, nor things to come, Shall quench the spark divine. 4 When we in darkness walk, Nor feel the heavenly flame, Then is the time to trust our God, And rest upon his name. 5 Soon shall our doubts and fears Subside at his control; His loving-kindness shall break through The midnight of the soul. 6 Blest is the man, O God, Who stays himself on thee; Who waits for thy salvation, Lord, Shall thy salvation see. Scripture: Psalm 63:3 Used With Tune: ALEXANDER

Let All Things Now Living

Author: Katharine K. Davis Meter: 12.11.12.11 D Appears in 59 hymnals Topics: Darkness First Line: Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving Used With Tune: LLWYN ON

God, who madest earth and heaven

Author: Bp. R. Heber, 1783-1826; Archbp. R. Whately, 1787-1863 Appears in 484 hymnals Topics: Darkness Natural Lyrics: 1 God, who madest earth and heaven, Darkness and light; Who the day for toil has given, For rest the night; May Thine angel-guards defend us, Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This livelong night. 2 Guard us waking, guard us sleeping; And, when we die, May we, in Thy mighty keeping, All peaceful lie. When the last dread call shall wake us, Do not Thou, O God, forsake us; But to reign in glory take us With Thee on high. Used With Tune: NUTFIELD

See Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Author: Charles Wesley; George D. Elderkin Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 489 hymnals Topics: Darkness and Light Refrain First Line: We’ll walk in the light! Lyrics: 1 See whose glory fills the skies: Jesus, the light of the world! Sun of righteousness, arise: Jesus, the light of the world! Refrain: We'll walk in the light! Beautiful light! Shine where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright. Oh, shine all around us by day and by night, Jesus, the light of the world. 2 Pierce the gloom of sin and grief, Jesus, the light of the world! Scatter all my unbelief, Jesus, the light of the world! [Refrain] 3 More and more thyself display, Jesus, the light of the world! Shining to the perfect day, Jesus, the light of the world! [Refrain] 4 Visit, then, this soul of mine, Jesus, light of the world! Fill me, Radiancy divine! Jesus, the light of the world! [Refrain] Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-3 Used With Tune: WE’LL WALK IN THE LIGHT Text Sources: Adapt. from Charles Wesley (England), “Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies,” Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740

Saviour, breathe an evening blessing

Author: J. Edmeston, 1791-1867 Appears in 883 hymnals Topics: Darkness Natural Lyrics: 1 Saviour, breathe an evening blessing, Ere repose our spirits seal; Sin and want we come confessing; Thou canst save and Thou canst heal. 2 Though destruction walk around us, Though the arrows past us fly, Angel-guards from Thee surround us; We are safe, if Thou art nigh. 3 Though the night be dark and dreary, Darkness cannot hide from Thee; Thou art He who, never weary, Watchest where Thy people be. 4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us, And our couch become our tomb, May the morn in heaven awake us, Clad in light and deathless bloom. Used With Tune: EVENING PRAYER

Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding

Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 145 hymnals Topics: Powers of Darkness First Line: Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding! Lyrics: 1 Hark! A thrilling voice is sounding! "Christ is near," we hear it say. "Cast away the works of darkness, all you children of the day!" 2 Startled at the solemn warning, from the darkness we arise; Christ, our sun, all ill dispelling, shines upon the morning skies. 3 See, the Lamb so long expected comes with pardon down from heaven. Let us haste, with tears of sorrow, one and all, to be forgiven; 4 so when next he comes in glory and the world is wrapped in fear, he will shield us with his mercy and with words of love draw near. 5 Honor, glory, might, dominion to the Father and the Son, with the everliving Spirit while eternal ages run. Scripture: Luke 21:25-28 Used With Tune: MERTON Text Sources: Latin, ca. 6th c.; tr. Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861, alt.

Come, let us to the Lord

Author: John Morison Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: Darkness, Spiritual Used With Tune: SOHO Text Sources: Scottish "Translations and Paraphrases"